Wicket-keeper batsman Kamran Akmal and former captain Shoaib Malik were Monday named in Pakistan's preliminary 30-man squad for the T20 WC to be held in Bangladesh.

Malik led Pakistan to runners-up spot in the inaugural T20 WC in South Africa in 2007 and was part of Pakistan's Twenty20 squad to South Africa last year but was sent back home after suffering a finger injury.

Kamran had not been selected since being omitted from the one-day squad which lost all three matches in the Champions Trophy in England in June last year.

Allrounder Abdul Razzaq failed to find a place in the initial squad after being sent home from the South Africa tour due to hamstring injury last year.

The fifth edition of the T20 WC will be held in Bangladesh from March 16-April 6.

Mohammad Hafeez is expected to lead the team. He led Pakistan to a semi-final finish in the last T20 WC held in Sri Lanka in 2012.